AG tells court President has right to dissolve Parliament

Sri Lanka urged to free poet and teacher Ahnaf Jazeem

Sri Lanka has been urged to free poet and teacher Ahnaf Jazeem, who has been detained for a year without charge. A number of organisations issued a joint statement expressing deep concerns over the ongoing detention of Ahnaf Jazeem and called on the Sri Lankan authorities to immediately release him, or promptly charge him with internationally recognizable criminal offences and try him in accordance with international fair trial standards. Ahnaf Jazeem (pen name, Mannaramuthu Ahnaf) is a 26-yea

16 May, 2021

AG writes to IGP seeking information on Easter attacks probe

Attorney General (AG) Dapulla de Livera has written to Inspector General of Police (IGP) Chandana D. Wickramaratne seeking information on the suspects linked to the Easter Sunday attacks. In a 130 page communication to the IGP, Dapulla de Livera sought confirmation in writing of the evidence available against 42 suspects in category A in connection with the Easter Sunday attacks. Dapulla de Livera has also sought clarification whether any investigations into the attacks are pending. He also n

15 May, 2021

Tense situation as public turned away at Wattala vaccination center

By Vyshnavy Velrajh A tense situation arose this morning after the public were turned away at a vaccination center in Wattala. Residents of the area were given the Sinopharm vaccine at the Kerawalapitiya Medical Officer of Health (MOH) office located in Hendala Road, Wattala yesterday (Friday). The public were told by the Police and health officers that the vaccination program will continue the next day as well. As a result several people turned up at the location today to get vaccinated and

15 May, 2021